Word: knocks
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...liabilities. Although the Shrivers have again leased Timberlawn, the 30-acre country estate in Montgomery County that they rented during Sarge's Washington days, he nonetheless faces charges of being a carpetbagger. A more serious obstacle is the fact that to run for the statehouse, Shriver must first knock off Incumbent Marvin Mandel, a fellow Democrat and the first Jewish Governor in Maryland history. Last January, the legislature chose Mandel, the longtime speaker of the House of Delegates, to fill out Spiro Agnew's term. Because Democrats enjoy an overwhelming 2½-to-l registration edge in Maryland...
Perhaps the most important challenge at SALT is an arrangement on anti-ballistic missiles. To a large degree, it was the appearance of that defensive system, designed to knock out enemy missiles before they reach their targets, that prompted the development of multiple warheads. MIRVed missiles, which the U.S. plans to start deploying in June, increase the chance of penetrating an enemy ABM shield. Thus, nothing would curb each side's need for MIRVs as much as an agreement that limits ABMs. The Soviet Union presently leads in the deployment of ABMs, though few experts consider its 64-silo...
...refugee aid base. Fearful of U.S. airpower, the enemy had never fully occupied Sam Thong, simply remaining in the hills. Vang Pao took an active role near his threatened base at Long Cheng. An enemy mortar position was giving his troops severe trouble, and counterbattery fire had failed to knock it out. Vang Pao, with U.S. Ambassador George Godley as a witness, sighted along the barrel of a 105-mm. howitzer as if it were a squirrel rifle and barked instructions. The first round was wide of the mark. So was the second. Using "Kentucky windage," Vang Pao made another...
Despite Israeli denials, there was some evidence that the Syrians may have improved a little. Though they lost three jets in a whirling five-minute dogfight, they managed at least to knock down an Israeli Pharitom, the first confirmed loss of one of the U.S.-built fighter-bombers since they went into action. In a triumphant mood, the Syrians promoted the MIG pilot who had downed the Phantom plane. A Syrian farmer who captured the two crewmen after they bailed out was presented with $125 in cash and a new pistol by Syria's strongman, General Hafez Assad...
Accordingly, Williams feels that black demands for reparations are sound "in principle." Tactically, even James Forman's flamboyant pulpit takeovers may have been necessary, Williams concedes. "My uncle was a farmer and he had mules to work with. One day I saw him take a sapling and knock a mule to the ground. When I protested, he said, 'Son, I had to get his attention.' " Even violent resistance, says Williams, may be necessary some day. "I do not counsel violence," he insists. "It is a dangerous weapon. But it is conceivable that there are circumstances where...